Karam Gaber

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Karam Gaber
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 96 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 84 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Moscow – 96 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Créteil – 96 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 96 kg

Karam Ibrahim Gaber (Arabic: كرم إبراهيم جابر‎‎, born September 1, 1979 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics,[1] and won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. At the 2012 London Olympics he won a silver medal.

Career

Gaber won with a gap of 12 points (12-1) at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals. He competed against Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia in an historic match. Gaber also won with a huge leap over Mehmet Özal in the semifinals with 11 points (11-0). This is the second gold medal for Egypt in Greco-Roman wrestling since 1928 Summer Olympics.

Gaber competed in a mixed martial arts match against Kazuyuki Fujita (Greco-Roman Wrestling) at K-1's Dynamite event on December 31, 2004.

Gaber was Egypt's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. However, he failed to qualify for the quarter finals in Beijing.

He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Anti-doping rule violation

In August 2015, Gaber was banned from wrestling for two years by United World Wrestling for an anti-doping rule violation.[3]

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0-1 Japan Kazuyuki Fujita KO (punch) K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!! December 31, 2004 1 1:07

References

  1. Olympic results
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  3. Egypt gold medalist Gaber could miss Rio Olympics due to 'doping violations', Ahram online, 28 August 2015

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